Don Cornelius the creator of soul train has died police were called to Cornelius is home early this morning. After reports of a shooting authorities say he died of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Cornelius created executive produced and was the first host of the long running soul train in 1970. It started as a local dance show in Chicago but quickly gained popularity. And it ran nationally from 1971. To 2006. Cornelius was 75 years old.

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